5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SPICA

SPICA is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A spike (kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis).

Noun

A spur.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How SPICA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPICA as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.9% of games, misses completely in 18.1%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,521 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

S___A S in the 1st position and A in the 5th position S__C_ S in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _P__A P in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TONER TALER TILDE TRONE ROUTE LEANT
Words starting with S Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPICA performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,521 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPICA ranks #1,521 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
994
4 guesses
1,108
5 guesses
173
6 guesses
15
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
32%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

426
357
165
100
98
84
81
73
72
71
57
51
47
47
37
35
35
31
30
29
20
18
18
18
16
16
15
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPICA:

18% chance
Suggested:
TONER
15% chance
Suggested:
TALER
7% chance
Suggested:
TILDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

18.1% →
TONER 5.98 bits
15.1% →
TALER 5.42 bits
7.0% →
TILDE 5.25 bits
4.2% →
TONER 5.02 bits
4.2% →
TRONE 5.07 bits
3.6% →
ROUTE 5.32 bits
3.4% →
LEANT 4.62 bits
3.1% →
TRONE 4.72 bits
3.1% →
POREY 5.02 bits
3.0% →
LOURE 5.33 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for SPICA; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

S1P3I1C3A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.